Poonam Sinha is richer than husband Shatrughan, their assets reveal

Politics

On Monday, Congress' Shatrughan Sinha, who is contesting from Bihar's Patna Sahib, declared his assets worth Rs. 112.22 crore. But he is still poorer as compared to his wife Poonam, who is Samajwadi Party's candidate from Lucknow.

Poonam's assets are worth Rs. 193 crore and she is the richest candidate who is trying her fate in the fifth phase of elections.

Here's more.

Shatru's assets

Shatrughan owns seven cars

Shatrughan, who recently switched from BJP to Congress, owns seven cars, he declared in his affidavit.

The affidavit added he has Rs. 2.74 crore as fixed deposits and Rs. 29.10 lakh as investments in shares, bonds, mutual funds.

Money matter

Meanwhile, Shatrughan owes money to daughter Sonakshi

Though Shatrughan hasn't taken any loans from banks, he owes Rs. 10.59 crore to his daughter Sonakshi Sinha. Shatrughan revealed his annual income dipped from Rs. 1.28 crore in 2015-16 to Rs. 63.87 lakh in 2018-19.

Details

Six candidates of fifth phase of polls are illiterate

According to National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 184 of 668 candidates of the fifth phase have assets more than Rs. 1 crore. The average assets per candidate stood at Rs. 2.57 crore.

264 candidates in the fray have studied between Class 5 and 12 while 348 are graduates (or above).